The president of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), minister Edson Fachin, stated this Thursday (8) that “January 8th, never again”, when speaking about the attacks on the headquarters of the Three Powers.
“What we are saying here with one voice is that January 8th will never happen again,” he said.
The speech took place during the Supreme Court event that marked three years of the anti-democratic attacks of January 8, 2023, when the Palácio do Planalto, Congress and the STF were invaded and vandalized.
According to the President of the Court, the “responsibilities were established” based on evidence produced “in light of the broad defense”. Fachin also reiterated that those responsible for the undemocratic acts “were sanctioned in a series of trials”, led by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF.
“I reiterate our understanding according to which acts were carried out, responsibilities were established, evidence was produced in light of the broad defense and those responsible were sanctioned in a series of trials”, declared the president of the STF.
For Fachin, the idea that “those who pay attention to democracy must answer for the attack they committed” guided the convictions.
“Under the report of Minister Moraes and carried out by the first group, doing justice to the idea and conception of the idea according to which anyone who attacks democracy must answer for the attack they committed.”
Convicted for the attacks
Three years after the acts that resulted in the depredation of the headquarters of Three Powersem Brasiliaem January 8, 2023the complaints in STF (Supreme Federal Court) against those involved in the actions resulted in more than
The most recent data released by the First Panel of the STF, the collegiate responsible for cases involving these crimes, shows that, by the end of last year, 810 people were convicted, 395 for more serious crimes and 415 for less severe crimes.
